Hepatitis B -- United States
The FDA is warning about the risk of hepatitis B virus (HBV) becoming an active infection again in any patient who has a current or previous infection with HBV and is treated with certain direct-acting antiviral (DAA) medicines for hepatitis C virus. In a few cases, HBV reactivation in patients treated with DAA medicines resulted in serious liver problems or death.
As a result, we are requiring a Boxed Warning, our most prominent warning, about the risk of HBV reactivation to be added to
Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://bit.ly/2dM1exR
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